Tome of Troubled Times Chapter 739: Paint his picture

Chapter 739: Smudge his picture

After only two or three days, Jingshi Zhenmosi received the carrier pigeon from Bashu.

Everyone in Zhenmo Division was shocked. The homing pigeon is not just something that can be raised by just hiding in any private house or even a cave. It actually follows a very skilled route to return to its nest. It was raised by the Demon Commander in Bashu Town in the past. If you let it fly back, it will just fly back. At the original location of the Demon Suppression Division, that would be equivalent to sending meat to Li Shentong's doorstep. After the Zhenmo Division went into hiding, it was impossible to train the carrier pigeons. What happened to the carrier pigeons that suddenly came from Bashu?

Qin Dingjiang took off the roll tied to the pigeon's foot and unpacked it. His eyes widened and he immediately ran to find Tang Wanzhuang: "First seat, first seat! A letter from Bashu!"

Bashu? Tang Wanzhuang was stunned and smiled slightly: "Why be panic? Bring it to me to see."

Just this morning Tang Wanzhuang received a letter from Zhao Changhe from the Miao border. Well, it was the letter written by Sisi while she was hiding under the table. The letter detailed the current situation of the Ling Tribe and the Miao Territory, the story of how Sisi became the King of Dali, and asked the DPRK to send envoys for edicts and exchanges, as well as whether to continue to establish the Demon Suppression Department and the Xuanwei Department in the Miao Territory, etc. Then he said that he would leave for Bashu immediately, hoping for good news.

Finally, I said I miss you very much... I really said it, but unfortunately because of the word "we", it looked funny no matter how I looked at it. Tang Wanzhuang automatically ignored it, and reported to Xia Chichi to start arranging Miao border affairs.

As a result, the candidates sent by Xia Chichi and Tang Wanzhuang to settle in Miao territory were not selected yet, and the letter from Bashu arrived, just like a stage performance.

The letter is as follows:

"Kissing and dressing up in the evening are like meeting each other: I don’t know whether Miao Jiang’s letter came first or this one. Do you miss me?"

Qin Dingjiang ran away as soon as he saw the first two words and did not dare to look back. I always feel that the chief executive will blush with anger after seeing it. A serious person like the chief executive, even if he and you are in love, he wouldn't say "kiss" in an official document like this.

No one knew that in the quiet first office building, Tang Wanzhuang secretly glanced left and right, but there was no one around, and her sullen face quietly broke into a smile, her cheeks rosy. He muttered in a low voice: "If I wrote this in my last letter, I wouldn't be disgusted with His Majesty. What do you think? Sister Qian? Who is with them?"

Baoqin pointed to his nose and signaled "there is someone here", but was ignored by his own lady.

Baoqin simply said bluntly: "I wrote that letter in the morning. I really don't hate you. It's just that His Majesty will tear you apart."

"She can't beat me, call her master." Tang Wanzhuang stroked the letter leisurely and continued reading.

Bao Qin: "..."

What a serious leader and loyal minister of Daxia. Ju Sheng in Huaibei belongs to him, and he has been replaced by a big man, and he is a proper rebellious minister.

"I have seen Li Shentong revolt for the people, and it has only been more than half a year ago. But now we meet again, the original intention of the Shenhuang Sect is very little left, Li Shentong himself has changed a bit, but Situ Xiao is still innocent ...It can be seen that the reincarnation of a dragon slayer becoming an evil dragon is difficult to change. Once he takes power, some of his thoughts will change. Fortunately, the time is short, and Li Shentong has not completely changed. He heard me say something about fundamentally serving the people. This move shows that I am moved and can fight for it.”

"In fact, part of the reason should be that he couldn't let go of face. What did he say when he slayed the dragon? The man was so angry that blood spattered five steps. He said it so well that even Lao Xia sighed. In the end, if he also brought Zhu Shenhuang Sect became another wave of Daxia bureaucrats. Who would arouse the anger of ordinary people? Would he dare to see Lao Xia under the Nine Springs, and would he dare to see you and me on the battlefield? I didn't say this directly, It saves him face, but it should be tacitly acknowledged.”

"Now he takes the initiative to reset the Demon Suppression Division, which is responsible for monitoring the lawlessness of farmers and officials. He asked me to organize the original members of the Demon Suppression Division. This is a risk for the brothers of the Demon Suppression Division, but it should be given a try. People's hearts are always strong. It is constantly changing. The joining of our people is not only a supervision of the officials, but also a reminder to him. Whenever he sees the people from the Suppression Division, he should think of whether Zhao Changhe will be laughed at if some things are heard in his ears. ? So he thought about it. This is also his true intention of taking the initiative to suppress the demon. He is reminding himself. "

"But now that there is the Demon-Suppressing Division, the nature of the Bashu regime has become a little subtle. Suddenly it has a nature similar to that of controlling the Miao territory. It seems that it can transform into the Han Dynasty's decree to grant the king of Shu at any time. But this is not ours. The goal is that Miao territory can be like this, but Bashu cannot. It cannot have a king, and we must send eunuchs to manage it. Now this step cannot be achieved directly... I set up the Ding city gate, but I actually have the intention of conquering the world of Ding. The fact that Li Shentong didn't move away shows that he is also looking forward to the follow-up."

"Look at our battle with Guanlong and the battle with the barbarians, look at my strength, look at your military strength, it is impossible for me to fool you into surrendering. No matter what, he is willing to fight. Leaving Hanzhong and being willing to go with me beyond the Great Wall is enough. I am worthy of my original intention. The rest is our business.”

"First of all, he attaches great importance to some of the concepts I proposed, and these concepts can indeed be studied to see if they can be implemented. Some things must be done based on technological progress. For example, I know that we have movable type printing, which was developed by Lao Xia decades ago. It was proposed before, and craftsmen have made it. But so far, it is fragile and inefficient, and the paper output is also very limited. If you want to fully develop education, it will be difficult to do so. ”

"It needs to be paid attention to. Everything is only lacking one attention... This will also be of great help to our scientific research strategy. We hope to recruit skilled craftsmen, improve technology, reduce costs and increase efficiency, and facilitate promotion. When this is done , when it reaches Bashu, I will give him a question to see how he will answer it later."

Bao Qin poked his head to the side and looked around, and saw that his eyes were now filled with circles. I glanced at the young lady secretly. The red glow on the young lady's face had long since faded, and her eyes were shining with surprise.

"It's really amazing." Tang Wanzhuang whispered to himself: "I'm not surprised that Dingqinghe, Pinglangya, and Anmiao territory are what he can do based on military affairs. But this matter in Bashu... Simply... Who said he was just a man who could only wield a sword? Such a real economic talent had only lacked a platform in the past. ”

Bao Qin doesn’t understand but thinks it’s very powerful. Anyway, looking at the lady like that, she is very powerful.

It feels like even if everyone loses their memory of the past, just from the establishment of the new dynasty, if Zhao Changhe pursues the young lady again, the young lady will definitely fall into his arms, look at that itchy look...

But in this world, he has to travel all the time. The old lady and old woman are itchy, and they are already eighteen when they hold the piano after the New Year... Wow... The promised maidservant, how can there be such a thing...

Tang Wanzhuang didn't know that the maid's mind was far away, and she was still reading the letter. Logically speaking, after the matters in Bashu were finished, Zhao Changhe should return to Beijing to prepare for the expedition, but instead he sent a letter back, which gave her an ominous premonition.

As expected, the letter said: "Originally, after the affairs in Bashu were over, I was going to return to Beijing to prepare for the expedition, but now the plan has changed temporarily. Kunlun Yuxu is in danger of merging with the Li family, and I must go and ruin this. . The best outcome is to allow Yuxu and I to deal with the Hu people together. The lowest expectation is that the Li family will be divided between sects and forces. In short, they cannot be allowed to cooperate."

"Don't worry, Hong Ling is with me. She has broken the imperial guard. Although the current situation in Chang'an is complicated, I am still confident that I can handle it."

"Beijing is making all preparations for the expedition and is waiting for my return."

"Okay, give me a kiss~"

At the end of the letter, there is a picture of a kiss, which looks very cute.

But Tang Wanzhuang didn't feel cute at all. She frowned and stood up, pacing back and forth.

"The danger in Chang'an is not so light as he said... Yuxu may not be so friendly now, and there are gods behind him. And there may be other gods and demons in Kunlun, and Beihu doesn't know who is in Chang'an. Maybe Bo'e or Timur will be here in person. Today in Chang'an, there is a mixture of fish and dragons, gods and demons, and he is alone..."

Baoqin reminded: "There is also Yue Hongling."

Tang Wanzhuang ignored this sentence, stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and whispered: "Contact Zhuque. I don't know how she is doing in Jinzhong. If she is not too nervous, ask her to take a turn. Travel to Chang'an."

Actually, Tang Wanzhuang really wanted to go by herself, but unfortunately things are different now. In the past, she was only responsible for the world's military affairs, and she could often go out in the world. Now she needs to take care of many important affairs of the government, and Xia Chichi's right-hand man is really inseparable. Beijing. And some things in Zhao Changhe's letter also need to be handled by himself.

I am extremely worried, but what can I do?

Baoqin reminded: "To contact that bird, there must be a more direct contact method in their Four Symbols Sect. Miss, it is best to ask His Majesty."

Tang Wanzhuang nodded, turned around, put on her clothes, and went straight to the palace.

Although Bao Qin always makes people angry, he is actually a good secretary who can check for mistakes and make up for them. It would be even better if he could help with refills.

Among all the "foreign ministers" of the Han Dynasty, Tang Wanzhuang is the only one who can wander around the palace without notification and break into the emperor's palace. Everyone knows in their hearts that this is not a "foreign minister" but a "queen" or at the lowest level a "noble concubine". It's just that when corresponding to this status, the emperor was Zhao Changhe, and the majesty who is sitting and working in the imperial study room is essentially a queen or a noble concubine.

As for who is the queen and who is the concubine, there are actually casinos that have opened in secret. For example, Ying Wu’s Kang Le Casino is almost open to the public. People in the capital are making bets with winking eyes. The Demon Suppressor turns a blind eye and then secretly Bet on your first position.

Earlier, Tang Wanzhuang was a little ashamed of entering the palace directly without communication. She always felt that every guard looked at her in the wrong way. But now she has gotten used to it and even joked with Xia Chichi.

Tang Wanzhuang entered the imperial study room. Xia Chichi was at the desk reviewing memorials. Her face was wrinkled, and she could tell that she was working very hard.

Tang Wanzhuang sighed in her heart, as long as the late emperor had such a diligent heart, even if he did not do well, he would not end up in such a mess. Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is recovering rapidly. In addition to the objective necessity of bringing order from chaos, it is also inseparable from the delayed diligence. She only sleeps two or three hours a day at most, and often doesn't sleep at all. At the beginning, she was very unfamiliar with government affairs and didn't understand many things, but now she is a very qualified emperor.

Not to mention anything else, that calm demeanor and eyes that are as powerful as lightning can make many courtiers tremble with fear at a glance. It is the murderous intention of the witch in the rivers and lakes, the coldness of the ice swordsman, and the majesty of the emperor. Mixed together, today's Xia Chichi really can't see the charlatan in her early years, and she looks more and more like an emperor with a bit of evil nature.

Seeing Tang Wanzhuang come in, Xia Chichi raised his head and continued working at his desk: "Why did you suddenly come in and come to bed?"

Tang Wan came in with all her makeup and sat casually on the table next to her, looking a bit like a charming concubine. Hearing this, he responded lazily and casually: "If he were to sit here, I would come and take care of him. You... queue up, oh, I forgot, you queued up once."

The eunuchs and maids on the left and right could not bear to look at him and turned their heads. It was unprecedented for the king and his ministers to do this.

Xia Chichi snorted: "We are all just 'we' in his writing. What he wants is to line up? What he wants is to be together. Let me tell you, when it comes to debauchery and immorality, he is really capable. A diligent king has to look to me, Xia Chichi, to choose his master. You should recognize me. Let’s rebel against him together!”

Tang Wanzhuang flipped through the folded memorials on the table with her slender hands, looking at them, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, he sent me a private message, I have no reason to contradict him."

Xia Chichi was furious: "It's impossible, absolutely impossible! Let me see the letter!"

Tang Wanzhuang gave her the letter with a smile. Xia Chichi only glanced at the header and sighed: "Of course the internal carrier pigeon of the Demon Suppressing Department is sent directly to you. What's the big deal? Besides, the person who opened the envelope is... It doesn’t have to be you. In order to avoid others reading, I don’t dare to write anything private about me. I can only give you a few sweet words.”

Tang Wanzhuang's face was expressionless.

Of course the truth is this. Why don't you be so alert? Why are you jealous? It ruined my good mood.

Xia Chichi read the letter and frowned: "Chang'an...Chang'an. What do you mean by coming to me?"

"I want you to contact your master. There must be a secret method of transmitting messages in your sect. How about asking her to go to Chang'an? How is the incident in Jinzhong?"

"Two hours ago, we reported that 20,000 shi of grain were on their way to the capital, and nearly 10,000 shi of grain had been sent to Yanmen County. By the way, there are also thousands of war horses."

"This is nearly 30,000 stones of grain and thousands of war horses!" Tang Wanzhuang took a breath: "How many companies?"

"Your Majesty massacred the Qiao family, frightening northern Shanxi, and threatened to destroy all those who refused to surrender. So northern Shanxi was shocked, and more than ten families surrendered under the bushes. They took the initiative to offer these grains. If they didn't give it, I'm afraid they would be killed. They will be killed one by one by His Holiness.”

Tang Wanzhuang opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

This is the so-called Jianghu method, which is directly effective, and it is also the deterrent that should be used when there are top experts at hand.

There is no strong person in Jinzhong, and it has not even formed a strong political power. It was an alliance of merchants earlier, but now it has essentially surrendered to the Hu people secretly. Because it is south of Yanmen, Yanmen Pass is isolated, which is an extremely dangerous situation.

So the big man doesn't care about the rules. There was no point in "surrendering to the barbarians" when there were top strong men who did not follow the rules. Suzaku single-handedly killed each family with absolute force, killing them so hard that they surrendered directly.

In the past, this kind of rule couldn't be broken, otherwise the opponent could send a strong man to the heart of the Han Dynasty to kill indiscriminately, and no one would have fun. Even if Zhao Changhe shoots an arrow across the river, it is considered a bad rule, but Zhao Changhe is still a Dibang. If you are just trying to get away with it, you can also send Dibang to play with you if you have the ability? Don't blame me for not reminding you if I die here. Moreover, the Wang family was wiped out in an instant, and there was no way to find a strong person to retaliate in kind. The devils such as Huang Pai would not avenge the Wang family.

But Suzaku is a Heavenly Ranking Demon God, or a Realm Controlling Demon God. It’s really a bad rule...

But the bad thing about this is that the Shanxi merchants did not dare to openly say that they had surrendered to the Hu people. It was all a secret matter. Theoretically, the Three Jin Dynasties are still the territory of the original Daxia. The fighting among the Xia people is still under the control of the Demon Suppressing Division. Does it have anything to do with you foreigners?

Don't talk about the barbarians, even the Li family is dumbfounded and doesn't know how to help if they want to. Send troops there? How can it compare to the terrifying mobility of top masters who can kill whoever they want? Also sending strong men to kill indiscriminately within the Han Dynasty? Zhuque used the reason that these people were cheating. It was reasonable to kill them no matter what. What reason did you use? Just find a random family and kill them randomly. Do you still want to rule the world in the future?

Let the barbarians send strong men to the Central Plains?

I have to say that Batu's uncle, Helei, the seventh on the Earth Ranking, died in the Central Plains. This incident had a great shadow on the Hu people, and they really didn't dare to sect randomly. If he died, the loss would be unaffordable. Oh, by the way, Here died at the hands of Suzaku because he bullied the Winged Fire Snake...

In short, unless Bo'er or Timur comes in person, we can be sure. Do they have such free time? What's more, given their status and status, they came to the Central Plains to do such a thing, weren't they afraid of being laughed at? Very embarrassing.

So in the face of Suzaku's "ganghu tactics" that broke the rules, he had no ability to counterattack at all. The Li family could only entrust a demon to stop it. Everyone is familiar with this demon god, his name is Feng Yin. As a result, in the Battle of Yujing, Fenyan Nantian was beaten back by Suzaku... From then on, Suzaku ravaged the three Jin Dynasties and could no longer resist.

As northern Shanxi fell in the wind, Yanmen isolated itself and obtained a large amount of food and grass, which solved the urgent need of the Han Dynasty.

But Jinnan directly raised the flag of the Li family and connected with Guanlong, and Feng Yin directly took charge, so that Suzaku could not act rashly, otherwise he would easily fall into a trap.

This has come to an end... In other words, Suzaku is free now, very free.

The monarch and the minister looked at each other, feeling like they could help Zhao Changhe. At the same time, it was weird, as if they were sending their love rival to him together.

"Forget it." Xia Chichi threw the letter on the table and said faintly: "Anyway, he is always followed by a smelly and boring heroine. I am very jealous. I will find a big witch. There’s nothing wrong with causing trouble for them both.”

"..." Tang Wanzhuang didn't know how to phrase this, so she could only say with a straight face: "That's going deep into the tiger's den, don't say it so lightly, like playing house."

Xia Chichi held her chin: "Anyway, we can't do anything more than worry. What's the point of you and me looking gloomy? So many of your previous illnesses were self-inflicted, and you don't know why. It’s not because that look makes it easy to seduce men.”

Tang Wanzhuang: "...that men's clothing of yours is what seduces men."

Xia Chichi: "?"

The two stared at each other for a long time. Xia Chichi sighed and said, "If you want to reassure him, then study more about the things mentioned in his letter, such as improved papermaking, improved printing, and Bashu's Jun Tianmu, look at how we manage things here, it seems quite complicated. Having said that, I definitely don’t have any objections to these things, but your Tang family..."

Tang Wanzhuang said: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, the world was a piece of white paper. When it was easiest to smear, the pace should not be hindered by the family name. He once said that this world, this world, It makes him very disappointed... I am happy to accompany him to chop up the past world and erase the picture in his heart."